Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Health by what amounts NHS spending was (a) above and (b) below planned levels in the financial year (i)2003–04, (ii) 2004–05 and (iii) 2005–06 to date; and if she will make a statement.
Lynne Featherstone: Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Lynne Featherstone: Without amendment, the Bill may have the opposite effect to that which the hon. Gentleman wants. Much religious hatred is preached from the pulpit or its equivalent in different religions. Therefore, incitement to religious hatred is part of religion itself.
Lynne Featherstone: If he will make a statement on the humanitarian situation in Darfur.
Lynne Featherstone: Do the Government recognise that there is now a need for peace enforcement action by the UN Security Council to provide for a substantive increase in the African Union presence in Darfur, and a stronger mandate? Without that, the situation there is so unstable and insecure that hundreds of thousands of refugees and internally displaced people will not feel safe and are unlikely to return.
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Prime Minister how many laptop computers have been used by (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in his Office in each year since 1995; how many have been (i)lost and (ii) stolen in that period; what the cost was of the use of laptops in that period; and if he will make a statement.
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on differences in amounts received by constituencies from grants to good causes from the national lottery.
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many cases of work-related stress have been reported in her Department in each of the last three years; how much compensation was paid to employees in each year; how many work days were lost due to work-related stress in each year; at what cost; what procedures have been put in place to reduce work-related stress; at what cost;...
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many cases of work-related stress have been reported in his Department in each of the last three years; how much compensation was paid to employees in each year; how many work days were lost due to work-related stress in each year; at what cost; what procedures have been put in place to reduce work-related stress; at what cost; and if he will make a...
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many laptop computers have been used by (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in his Department in each year since 1995; how many have been (i) lost and (ii) stolen in that period; what the cost of the use of laptops in that period was; and if he will make a statement.
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission how many cases of work-related stress have been reported among House staff in each of the last three years; how much compensation was paid to employees in each year; how many work days were lost due to work-related stress in each year; at what cost; what procedures have been put in place to reduce...
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many laptop computers have been used by (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in his Department in each year since 1995; how many have been (i) lost and (ii) stolen in that period; what the cost was of the use of laptops in that period; and if he will make a statement.
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether his Department plans to conduct an impact assessment of the recent changes in fire cover in the Greater London area; and if he will make a statement.
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list the fire stations that have had a fire engine removed in each of the last 10 years; to which fire station a fire engine was re-located in each case; and whether a fire engine was replaced at each such station within (i) two years, (ii) three years, (iii) four years, (iv) five years and (v) more than six years.
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what (a) advice is given on and (b) precautions are taken against the spread of MRSA in ambulances; and if she will make a statement.
Lynne Featherstone: I beg to move amendment No. 46, in schedule, page 2, line 17, leave out ‘subsections (1)(a) and (5)’ and insert ‘subsection (1)(a)’.
Lynne Featherstone: We want to delete the reference to subsection (5). Amendment No. 46 applies only to the subsection on religious hatred, not to the subsection on racial hatred, which retains the original wording. We aim, without deleting the word “insult”, to say that one can be aware that certain words are abusive, but that that is not the problem. One is usually aware that certain words are abusive, but...
Lynne Featherstone: The point is that there should be different tests for racial hatred and religious hatred. The argument that is ping-ponging between us is that we on these Benches do not see religion in quite the same context.
Lynne Featherstone: My understanding—this may or may not be correct—is that Jews and Sikhs are different, in that the law protects them on the grounds of race. If there were a religious accusation, that would be a different matter under the law.
Lynne Featherstone: My understanding from Lord Lester is that they are protected due to race, not to religion. I am sure that we will have a deeper discussion when we come to the likely limb issue. At this point, I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment.
